Death on Westernport

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Death on Westernport

Post by poppy62 » Sun Sep 27, 2015 10:42 am


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Re: Death on Westernport

Post by CarlG » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:33 am

That's pretty f**ked up man. We left that area not long before...
Two bad incidents in the same stretch in two weeks...

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Post by Scraglor » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:09 pm

I removed the ladder off the back of the boat a little while ago cos we never us it and it just gets in the way. Maybe I should put it back on. What a terrible thing to happen.

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Re: Death on Westernport

Post by VooDoo » Sun Sep 27, 2015 4:43 pm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-27/o ... rt/6807688

Firstly, our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the deceased. Hope they find the strenght to cope the tragedy. It will be tough.

Secondly, best wishes to the survivor fisho and hope he will have a full recovery. This will leave a large scar for years to come. May he also find the strength to overcome and deal with this tragedy.

Thirdly, hope everyone refrain from jumping to conclusion as to what happened. Let the police carry out the investigation and we will know more in due course.

Probably is a good reminder for all of us to take care on the water - just remember, all your loved ones are waiting for you at home.

Take care everyone!
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Re: Death on Westernport

Post by Fish-Hunter » Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:21 pm

Sad & tragic news :(

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Re: Death on Westernport

Post by frozenpod » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:16 pm

Very sad indeed.

New reports are very brief does anyone know what really happened, why did his mate jump in the water instead of using the boat?

Life jackets ect.

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Re: Death on Westernport

Post by greggo » Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:43 pm

The guy that died was a close relative of a member on another fishing forum. Tragic for the family.

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Post by Wolly Bugger » Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:23 pm

frozenpod wrote:Very sad indeed.

New reports are very brief does anyone know what really happened, why did his mate jump in the water instead of using the boat?

Life jackets ect.
Sadly most of that information does not get put out until the coroners report.

Until then most of the information will be conjecture.

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